2016 NLDS: Washington Nationals (2) Vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (3) - Series Discussion

[TheBeastCoast]

So basically everyone but Bumgarner is bad at October pitching, eh?

And Estrada.

 

[Halladay]

I think lester will pitch well tonight. I like Kershaw, but these playoff performances are tiring. He was great in game 4 on 3 days rest last year though.

 

[The Night King]

Jansen batting. You don't see that every day.

 

[Inkling]

Jansen batting. You don't see that every day.

I love the caption on the TV, "1 for 3 in his career". His one hit came back in 2010...and he's in the NL.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Dodgers get what they came for.

 

[Tecumseh]

Dodgers don't make it easy but they get a win in DC. Also, I somehow survived 4 hours of Verducci and Reynolds

 

[777]

Game 2 might be delayed due to rain, this thread is dead compared to the others.

 

[Virtanen18]

Game 2 might be delayed due to rain, this thread is dead compared to the others.

Blame Verducci and Reynolds driving viewers away

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

Game 2 might be delayed due to rain, this thread is dead compared to the others.

People left this thread early to beat the traffic.

 

[hockeykicker]

Sounds like it's gonna be ppd. Manfred is supposed to speak in a little bit in the nats press conference room per nats beat writers

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Now scheduled for 1 PM Sunday.

 

[Halladay]

Funny how Allan Selig basically had game 5 or the 2008 World Series played in a monsoon, yet now they are postponing this game. It is good to learn from others.

 

[hockeykicker]

Game 3 in Los Angeles will still be on Monday

 

[Tecumseh]

Does this mean Game 3 will be pushed back a day or will it still be the next day in LA?

 

[hockeykicker]

does this mean game 3 will be pushed back a day or will it still be the next day in la?

 

[BMOK33]

This was a stupid decision. The rain will be over by 6pm at worst. no reason they could not have waited. This is a huge disadvantage to the Nats now having to play a game on the road dead tired and jet lagged.

 

[Blitzkrug]

That's brutal. That's a legit cross country trip they have to make.

Also hope Sportsnet is paying attention here because now that means there's no baseball on today because they decided to show the same god damn NHL preseason game on the same 2 channels instead of picking up game 2 of the Cubs/Giants.

 

[hockeykicker]

This was a stupid decision. The rain will be over by 6pm at worst. no reason they could not have waited. This is a huge disadvantage to the Nats now having to play a game on the road dead tired and jet lagged.

What are you talking about? It's gonna be raining well into the night.

 

[BMOK33]

What are you talking about? It's gonna be raining well into the night.

No way, the National Weather Service forecast for DCA airport has rain shutting off around 6-630. The Nats never make great decisions on weather, they frequently rain out games when they should not. I'm not sure who their weather provider is but they are not very good. If we were talking 20-30 miles east of the stadium it will rain until late, but the back edge is pressing southeast from Dulles already and should clear the stadium area in 2 hours.

 

[BMOK33]

That's brutal. That's a legit cross country trip they have to make.

Also hope Sportsnet is paying attention here because now that means there's no baseball on today because they decided to show the same god damn NHL preseason game on the same 2 channels instead of picking up game 2 of the Cubs/Giants.

They never move the series forward because it risks running too close into the NLCS. Also, it can impact pitching matchups by giving one team an advantage. Obviously late in series that is not avoidable, but early on pushing this would allow Kershaw or Scherzer to come back on full rest in a game 4 if needed which creates advantages.

 

[Tecumseh]

Dave Roberts announces Julio Urias as the Game 4 starter

 

[Blitzkrug]

So play game two tomorrow at noon, hop a plane, fly cross country and play game 3 monday, again at noon.

Thankfully both teams have to make the trip, but that seems like BS. Why not just push the game up to like, 7 et? Not like it matters since the game it would go alongside is being played in Canada.

 

[darko]

This was a stupid decision. The rain will be over by 6pm at worst. no reason they could not have waited. This is a huge disadvantage to the Nats now having to play a game on the road dead tired and jet lagged.

You do realize both teams are going to be jet lagged? They can bothleave DC at the same time.

 

[BMOK33]

You do realize both teams are going to be jet lagged? They can bothleave DC at the same time.

Home teams always have an advantage in that situation though. They're staying in their own homes vs a hotel and are playing with the home crowd behind them. Reading twitter the last 1-2 hours it sounds like this was not a Nats decision and was MLB's who had access to the forecast saying rain would end around 6...entirely possible they did not want overlapping games.

 

[darko]

Home teams always have an advantage in that situation though. They're staying in their own homes vs a hotel and are playing with the home crowd behind them. Reading twitter the last 1-2 hours it sounds like this was not a Nats decision and was MLB's who had access to the forecast saying rain would end around 6...entirely possible they did not want overlapping games.

And Dodgers are spending an extra day in DC, you know away from their families. It's a nuisance, nothing else. No disadvantage to either team.